New data on the distribution of bats (Chiroptera) in Morocco

• Main Authors: Benda, Petr, Ruedi, Manuel, Aulagnier, Stephane
• Other Authors: Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum Oslo, University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO), Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, Unité de recherche Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage (CEFS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2004
• Subjects: ESPECE; BATS; DISTRIBUTION; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Barbastella barbastellus; Myotis nattereri; Pipistrellus pipistrellus
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02681742

International audience New records of 24 bat species from Morocco are presented, including Rhinopoma micro phyllum, Rhinopoma hardwickii, Nycteris thebaica, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus mehelyi, Rhinolophus blasii, Hipposideros caffer, Asellia tridens, Myotis punicus, Myotis nattereri, Myotis mystacinus, Eptesicus isabellinus, Hypsugo savii, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Pipistrellus kuhlii, Pipistrellus (kuhlii) deserti, Pipistrellus rueppellii, Nyctalus leisleri, Otonycte rishem prichii, Barbastella barbastellus, Plecotus teneriffae, Miniopterus schreibersii, Tadarida teniotis, and Tadarida aegyptiaca, some of which are only rarely mentioned in the literature. Previously, O. hemprichii and T. aegyptiaca were known from Morocco only from bone remnants. Here, these species are documented from this country for the first time by records of live individuals. P. (k.) deserti is reported from Morocco for the first time.